Dr. Herbert Lockyer was born in London in 1886, and held pastorates
in Scotland and England for 25 years before coming to the United
States in 1935. In 1937 he received the honorary Doctor of Divinity
degree from Northwestern Evangelical Seminary. In 1955 he returned
to England where he lived for many years. He then returned to the
United States where he continued to devote time to the writing
ministry until his death in November of 1984. F.F. (Frederick
Fyvie)Bruce was born in October the 12th, 1910, in Elgin
(Scotland), to a Brethren Assemblies family. His father was an
itinerant preacher for the Assemblies. F.F. was baptized and
accepted as a member of his local congregation in September 1928.
He remained loyal to his denomination for the rest of his life.
"Through my own experience with the Brethren, I can say they are
the ideal place where a lay theologian can serve the Church with
his gifts" (Restrospect, p. 285).
As a lover of the Biblie and of the classical languages, when he
was only 10 years old, he started simultaneous studies in Greek and
Latin. F.F. was admitted to Aberdeen University in October 1928. He
studied also in University of Cambridge (England, 1932-34) and in
the University of Vienna (Austria, 1934-35), studying in
preparation for his Graduation and Doctoral degree, excelling in
both.
Bruce taught Greek in the Universities of Edinburgh (1935-38) and
Leeds (1938-47). Afterwards, he taught Bible History and Literature
in the University of Sheffield (1947-59) followed by Bible
Criticism and Exegesis in the University of Manchester
(1959-78).
He lectured in prestigious universities all around the world:
Marburg (Germany), Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Auckland (New
Zealand), and Makerere (Uganda). He also lectured in numerous
Theological Seminaries, among them the Calvin Seminary, in Grand
Rapids (U.S.A.) and the Union Seminary, in New York City
(U.S.A.).
He was voted President by the prestigious Societies of Old
Testament Studies and New Testament Studies.
F.F. Bruce wrote some 50 books, plus several thousand articles,
essays and reviews. His masterpiece The Acts of the Apostles: The
Greek Text with Introduction and Commentary (1951) marked for the
evangelical world the beginning of a new era in Bible study, being
seriously considered by the Academia. In spite of never having made
formal studies in Theology, he was an extraordinary reader of the
subject and the Aberdeen University granted him in 1957 a Doctor
Honoris Causa degree in Divinities.
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